TODAY’S CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

Powerline ^ | FEBRUARY 19, 2020 | STEVEN HAYWARD

[Hojczyk]

• One more thing about Bloomberg: He isn’t merely trying to buy the Democratic nomination; he’s also starving the Democratic Party into submission. The Intercept notes that Bloomberg is hiring so many Democratic political staff people, with guaranteed salaries through November whether he gets the nomination or not:

Bloomberg’s spending is having a shockingly disruptive effect on Democratic politics throughout the country: He is hiring armies of staffers and canvassers in nearly every state in the country at eye-popping salaries, poaching talent from other campaigns and progressive organizations that are now struggling to fill jobs. In just three months, the Bloomberg campaign has hired thousands of people to staff more than 125 offices around the country. . .

Progressive groups, local campaigns, and presidential operations are either losing staff to the Bloomberg campaign, or are struggling to hire people because the former mayor has picked so many political operatives and canvassers up. . .

One unanswered questions is whether Bloomberg will release these staff people to “volunteer” for other campaigns if he fails to win the nomination, or holds them to their positions to work on a Bloomberg-directed independent expenditure effort on behalf of the eventual nominee or down-ballot candidates. (All of which will raise a lot of election law pitfalls for everyone concerned, but one thing at a time. . .)

Call them Bloomberg’s Mercenaries.

Idle exit question: I wonder if Bloomberg has invested in popcorn futures?

[kimoajax]

So here is what I posted back in late November 2019:

“So this means the three top Dem candidates for President are all older than Trump, all male and one is five times richer than Trump, and the other two have not held a job or met a payroll in private industry for more than the last 30 years.

Now watch how all the so called woke young Dems, gender warriors and feminists shut up and fall in line. In the end, regardless of what they say, it is all about power.

So entertaining.”

[CIB-173RDABN]

Bloomberg is not part of the clown car but he is part of the circus. His part in this kabuki theater is of a magician.

He is creating the illusion of running while in reality he is creating a staff for another candidate. The secret savior that will pop out from behind the curtain when the Democrats have a brokered convention.

Candidate X will appear and Bloomberg will endorse them, and then turn over all the offices and staff he has created effectively blocking all those that have been fighting it out during the primary season.